This iPhone 7 Mockup Video Highlights Potential Design Changes

Rumors about the iPhone 7 have been in motion for months now and the anticipation is building because Apple’s flagship smartphone should be announced within the next couple of months. iPhone 7 leaks have been appearing in the form of many images and videos, of which many of them could be fakes. However, there seems to be a consensus amongst analysts about what the iPhone 7 will look like, including the color options that will be available. Earlier this week, YouTube channel ConceptsiPhone posted this iPhone 7 video mockup of what the devices could look like based on the rumored hardware specifications and the three color options:

As you will notice in the video above, the rumored color options for the iPhone 7 are Space Black, Rose Gold and Gold.

This video featuring the iPhone 7 mockups also shows what the devices would look like based on a majority of the leaked reports -- which encompasses the lack of the headphone jack, the extra speaker, the protruding camera lens, the signature True Tone flash system, the redesigned antenna bands and the standard Apple logo embossed at the back of the device. But one of the reasons why this video seems suspect is because the front of the device is not shown at all.

In this video mockup, the color options seem to be the most credible information. The “Space Black” color revealed in the video’s description on YouTube stands out because that means Apple would be offering a darker option than the usual “space gray." According to MacRumors, a source revealed in June that Apple was preparing a dark color option for its upcoming iPhone so that makes the video slightly more credible too. In fact, the source MacRumors was referring to said that the darker color option was expected to look like the same “space black” color option used on the stainless steel Apple Watch.

However, there was a leak from earlier this month that shows that Apple is planning to stick with the Rose Gold, Space Gray, Gold and Silver options. Now there is also a pretty good chance that the video uploader might have made a mistake while typing the description of the colors. But Apple does tend to use different shades of black and gray for its devices. For example, Apple used a lighter shade of gray on the iPhone 6S and iPad Pro in comparison to the iPad Air and iPhone 5S.

AppleInsider pointed out that the most recent iPhone 7 mockups circulating around the media seems to be coming from a single source in China. While this video shows an accurate portrayal of what the iPhone 7 could look like based on all of the rumors, it is impossible to determine whether these mockups are based on leaked manufacturing schematics or whether it was constructed based on purported hardware leaks reported by the media. Either way, there has to be some level of accuracy in these renderings based on all of the rumor consensuses.

What are your thoughts about the iPhone 7? Do you plan to buy one? And what are your thoughts about this video rendering? Please leave a comment!